This week, we need to create a performance animation with a close-up shot. This is my first attempt at a performance animation, so I need to pay special attention to details. We need to choose a suitable clip from a 3- to 7-second dialogue and carefully analyze the emotional state of the character based on this dialogue. Based on the character’s emotions, we will develop corresponding actions and draw a detailed action plan.
In this process, we must deeply understand the emotions contained in the character’s lines and think about how these emotions affect the character’s body movements and facial expressions. Every tiny movement and expression change of the character should reflect their inner emotional fluctuations and convey real and deep emotions.
In addition, when making performance animations, we need to constantly consider the audience’s feelings. Our goal is to allow the audience to resonate with the character and feel the character’s inner world. Therefore, we should focus on the following three keywords: clarity, sincerity and simplicity.
Clarity means that the character’s actions and expressions should be clear and easy to understand, and can intuitively convey their emotions. Sincerity requires that the character’s performance should be authentic and unpretentious, so that the audience can feel the natural expression of emotions. Simplicity means avoiding overly complex and redundant movements that distract the audience, keeping the movements and expressions concise and clear, and highlighting the core of the emotions.
By following these principles, we hope to create a performance animation that is both emotional and visually impactful, so that the audience can be deeply moved by the character’s story and emotions.
This is the line I chose. The instructor mentioned that when choosing lines, it is best not to choose lines from cartoons. Because this will affect the animator’s thinking when making it, because it is an existing animation. The animation I chose is from Nemo. A group of small fish saw a ship and discussed what it was. So I changed the setting and gave this line to an alien boy. I want to use the image of a little boy to make this animation.
His emotions change from the confidence of saying I know what it is to the confusion of thinking about what it is, and finally to the excitement of remembering it.